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Alicia
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0 posted 2002-07-13 06:11 PM


He reads poetry
like one of the masters
cool tongue
lacing every syllable
some slight haunt of accent
breathes his nature
and he writes
about the death in us all
and I find myself
underneath
his nails
half curling
on an old
school desk.
I slide forth
with intervention
much too soon
to tell
where wisdom lies
in the pecking
of old gothic font.
Here in a city
half baked
and waiting
slick slicing
every life rope
from the sky
and we wonder
together
for a moment
and then he again
reads poetry
like one of the masters.


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Sunshine
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1 posted 2002-07-13 06:15 PM



Alicia...well done!  Brava!  The imagery, the sound, the feel...all exceptional!

the_loner_23
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2 posted 2002-07-13 07:01 PM


Cold hands means a warm heart

Alicia
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3 posted 2002-07-14 09:15 AM


~Karilea, thank you for such a comment! And Loner 23 for the thumbs up. This little thing just sort of fell out of me, simple and less jarring I think than my  usual writes. Pleased. *Peace.
Sunshine
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4 posted 2002-07-14 10:30 AM



You jar well...
you also fall softly...

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5 posted 2002-07-14 05:20 PM


Alicia, I could feel myself listening, as he read. Always like your style, whatever it is.
Sandra

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6 posted 2002-07-15 04:26 PM


sometimes, a voice does more than a thousand touches. . .

I know that you understand. . .

peace, as always. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

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